original description Rowe, F. W. E.; Pawson, D. L. (1977). A catalogue of echinoderm type-specimens in the Australian Museum, Sydney. Records of the Australian Museum. 30(14): 337-364. [details]

original description(ofOphiocoma alternans Endean, 1964) Endean, R. 1963. A new species of brittle-star (Echinodermata. Ophiuroidea) from northern New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 88(3), 295-297. [details]